Reflection

I had an awesome experience yesterday, witnessing the healing power and potential of art making @ a homeless shelter in oakland california. I was able to see glimpses of this path I'm choosing to take in life, emotionally and heart breaking at times. The experience really opened my eyes and blew me away, I'm so eager for many more of these moments.

In reflection, these words by Dr. Kent M. Keith uplifted me,

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind.
Think big anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack if you help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

New Year, New Sketchbook!

This sketchbook is dedicated to me just having fun with what I love to do!


spray paint & colored pencils on paper ©2011 ℕO⊻∧

Slideshow of Postcards!

International Postcard Art Exchange Update!

A couple days ago I decided to sit out on my balcony on a sunny day and finished all my postcards! I absolutely love this experience! I sent out all my postcards yesterday & it was such an awesome feeling! I'm excited for everyone to get a postcard from me & I'm excited to see the surprises in my mailbox from other art therapists/students from around the world.







ALL of these postcards are recorded in my facebook album, so make sure to add me & check each one out! I made a total of 26 postcards, two extra for a couple friends from Marywood that went on to graduate school for Art Therapy (Alexandria, VA & Portland, OR) The rest were all assigned to me from ATWB from the following places: Lakewood, OH, Beverly Hills, MI, Seattle, WA, Plainville, CT, Saint Louis MO, Buena Vista, CO, Sarasota, FL, Dallas TX, Newmarket, NH, Carmel, NY, Marietta, GA, Astoria, NY, Annandale, VA, Mayfield Heights, OH, Peabody, MA, Mississauga, ON, Bundoora Australia, Castanheira do Ribatejo Portugal, Tseung Kwan O.N.T Hong Kong, Kingston Jamaica, Lancashire UK, Singapore, Piario Italy.

Sacramento Artwalk!

Opening night for the juried NorCATA member only art exhibit Soul Awareness at the Old Weatherstone in Sacramento!

"I know, I know for sure. That life is beautiful around the world.. "

New Painting: spray paint on fabric ©2010 ℕO⊻∧

This painting is inspired my yoga, art therapy, music therapy, & universality.

NDNU Art Therapy

If your going to the Art Therapy conference, you will get to see two of my paintings now! Yesterday I took some time to make the NDNU Art Therapy banner for our school's tent at the annal Art Therapy Conference! I had a lot of fun making it, & a friend helped me cut out the lettering to glue on! I liked having someone interested in collaborating. I think it would be fun to things like that more with the school but that's just me being artsy me. Art therapists out there: stay true to your roots... don't make up excuses why you can't create art. You can do both!